{"product_id":"the-cryosphere-and-global-environmental-change-9781405129763","title":"The Cryosphere and Global Environmental Change","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Considers all six aspects of the cryosphere - ice sheets, glacier ice, permafrost, river and lake ice, sea ice and snow - in the context of global environmental change driven by human activity and climate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An interesting book with some new and fresh perspectives from which to view cryospheric change. There are seven well-illustrated chapters in total.... The book is very well written, well illustrated and contains a valuable synthesis of cryospheric change in some of the dominant regions of the global cryosphere.\" (\u003ci\u003eArea\u003c\/i\u003e, March 2009)  \u003cp\u003e“The major concepts, illustrated, are clear and accessible even for the non-specialist…the coverage and synthesis work well and are quite informative.”\u003ci\u003e(Choice)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003e1. The Evidence for Cryospheric Change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Monitoring of Cryospheric Change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Processes of Cryospheric Change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Patterns of the Contemporary Cryosphere at Local to Global Scales.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Evidence for Past Cryospheric Changes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Transience of the Cryosphere and Transitional Landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Cryospheric Change and Vulnerability at Quaternary, Holocene, and Anthropocene Timescales.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187420488023,"sku":"9781405129763","price":67.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-cryosphere-and-global-environmental-change-9781405129763","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}